Is it only me or is Miatam and Clarice getting irritating >.> Anyway nice plan by Galatea using herself as a lure for claymores to go in labona and sort of hunt the awakened being. I think Agatha came from the time before Teresa even became a claymore. Remember the extra scene where Teresa fought the previous number one? I think that claymore was a colleague of Agatha. I could be wrong though

The chapter wasn't too bad, but I like Galatea even more now... so if she were to be killed I'd be pissed off a lot. BTW, was it clarified if she's a defensive or offensive kind?

She's defensive, she said so during the fight with Duph

Originally Posted by 4uk4ata

The whole blind swords(wo)man thing is cool, but no eyes and one hand gets a bit too much. What is she, Monty Python's Black Knight or something?

rofl, I was thinking the same thing. Luckily her missing an arm is no big deal.

Originally Posted by 4uk4ata

Once again, Miata shows the judgement and compassion of a steam roller. Sheesh, even Ophelia had better priorities than that one.

Indeed, but it came to no surprise that Miata would do something stupid. Clarice is useless as well, because if the both of them don't realise that they need to fight with Galatea in order to win then they'll all die.

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Originally Posted by qbsenuef

Table-top awakened one... it seems her diet is different?

Well, her hygiene habits certainly are. I've heard of taking milk baths, but that is way too freaky. BTW, she certainly seems rather... sensual, in a way. I wonder if that was all after she awakened or she got around (or, to put it bluntly, laid) even before that. IIRC Clare, in chapter 29, mentioned something about awakening being partly ecstatic, so it's possible that sexual relationships might make a Claymore less able to resist it. This is just a theory, though.

As for Clarice, she is - as usual - useless. For crying out loud, the organization being short on cadres I can understand, but she is an embarassment.

well if I compare the former 47 to the current 47 there is WAYYYYY too much of a difference. At the very least Clare does things to help others and not be a burden. I wonder how are the trainees who failed the test and got beaten by clarice, does that mean they're more useless?

well if I compare the former 47 to the current 47 there is WAYYYYY too much of a difference. At the very least Clare does things to help others and not be a burden. I wonder how are the trainees who failed the test and got beaten by clarice, does that mean they're more useless?

I kind of assumed that the organization was so short on Claymore that they didn't even go through those tests - they just promoted who was available and not dead (hence why a failure like Clarice even has a rank). Of course, her personality doesn't help with her image of being worthless. At least Clare acted cool and killed things...

Ooh, that's siggable material . Anyway, tbh Clarice at least has an explanation for this one: apparently she hasn't fought any awakened ones herself, so her main tactic in such situations appears to be to sit around and hope Miata will do her job for her. She got hit in that regard as well - not only was she weaker than Clare to begin with, but she was also assigned someone around whom she didn't need to pick up her sword. Raki, for all my dislike for the little punk, at least indirectly contributed to Clare's improvement by making her job more challenging.

Besides, I suspect that Clarice is feeling more confused than scared on that one. Imagine this - you were just the last-call newbie, no one asked you to do more than kill 1 or 2 weak youmas, and you were thinking that maybe, in 5 years or so, you could do 3 at once... and then you get to be the handler of a crazerina who can solo entire gangs of youmas or go toe-to-toe with awakened beings. Oh, and now you have to take down a former high-rank who doesn't even need to see you to tell you how much of a newblet you are, and you get a high-level awakened being come on stage. If you ask me, anyone with 2 functional brain cells would ask themselves: "Okay, what the .... am I doing here?"

Poor Clarice, she's so in over her head. What makes me feel even worse though is that she doesn't seem too capable of thinking for herself. Clare had at least a decent amount of cunning. I don't see how Miata and her still figure Galatea's a big priority with Agatha stomping the town. Curse the organization and their brainwash tactics! Or perhaps Miata wants a go with Agatha. She does seem to be a fan of boobs...